2025 World Team Trophy

[MacMadame]

Men and Women get two entries each to WTT. Pairs and Dance get one.

Duh, I'm thinking of the Team Event.

 

[YukiNieve]

A popular flag manufacturer in Japan just Xtweeted that they had sold out of Georgian flags both in-store and online shop due to a sudden increase in demand.

 

[Karen-W]

WTT Entries made official - https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00120673.htm

Men
No. Name Nation
1 Aleksa RAKIC CAN 1
2 Roman SADOVSKY CAN 1
3 Kevin AYMOZ FRA 2
4 Adam SIAO HIM FA FRA 2
Francois PITOT FRA 2 S
5 Nika EGADZE GEO 3
6 Morisi KVITELASHVILI GEO 3
7 Daniel GRASSL ITA 4
8 Nikolaj MEMOLA ITA 4
Gabriele FRANGIPANI ITA 4 S
Matteo RIZZO ITA 4 S
9 Yuma KAGIYAMA JPN 5
10 Shun SATO JPN 5
11 Jason BROWN USA 6
12 Ilia MALININ USA 6
Andrew TORGASHEV USA 6 S

Women
No. Name Nation
1 Sara-Maude DUPUIS CAN 1
2 Madeline SCHIZAS CAN 1
3 Lorine SCHILD FRA 2
4 Lea SERNA FRA 2
Clemence MAYINDU FRA 2 S
5 Anastasiia GUBANOVA GEO 3
6 Alina URUSHADZE GEO 3
7 Lara Naki GUTMANN ITA 4
8 Anna PEZZETTA ITA 4
Marina PIREDDA ITA 4 S
9 Mone CHIBA JPN 5
10 Kaori SAKAMOTO JPN 5
11 Amber GLENN USA 6
12 Alysa LIU USA 6
Isabeau LEVITO USA 6 S

Pairs
No. Name Nation
1 Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK / Maxime DESCHAMPS CAN 1
2 Camille KOVALEV / Pavel KOVALEV FRA 2
Aurelie FAULA / Theo BELLE FRA 2 S
3 Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA GEO 3
4 Sara CONTI / Niccolo MACII ITA 4
Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI ITA 4 S
5 Riku MIURA / Ryuichi KIHARA JPN 5
6 Alisa EFIMOVA / Misha MITROFANOV USA 6
Ellie KAM / Danny O'SHEA USA 6 S

Ice Dance
No. Name Nation
1 Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER CAN 1
2 Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD FRA 2
Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER FRA 2 S
3 Diana DAVIS / Gleb SMOLKIN GEO 3
4 Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI ITA 4
Victoria MANNI / Carlo ROETHLISBERGER ITA 4 S
5 Utana YOSHIDA / Masaya MORITA JPN 5
6 Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES USA 6
Christina CARREIRA / Anthony PONOMARENKO USA 6 S

LOL - Seriously, USFS? You name a team where the guy just had foot surgery two days ago as the alternates for pairs?

 

[barbk]

Weird that Kam/O'Shea was named as a substitute. Weirder--why do most other countries not have substitutes listed even when they do have potential substitutes?

 

[zigzig]

Nice that the A-listers are all going. Guess it's good prize money. Is it public what the prize money is?

 

[On My Own]

Nice that the A-listers are all going.

Pretty sure the top ranked ones have to go.

 

[Karen-W]

Nice that the A-listers are all going. Guess it's good prize money. Is it public what the prize money is?

Yup - in the Announcement - starting on pg 7

https://isu-d8g8b4b7ece7aphs.a03.azurefd.net/isudamcontainer/CMS/event/eventdocuments/WTT2025AnnouncementFinal004018800_17388507831890.pdf

a) Prize Money – Appearance Fee

i) Prize Money
The organizing ISU Member (JSF) will make available the Global Prize Money amount (that is secured through the ISU agreements) for the ISU World Team Trophy of: US$ 1’000’000 to the Skaters/Couples of the awarded teams. All prize money in favor of the Skaters/Couples will be paid via bank transfer by the organizing ISU Member (JSF) to the ISU Members of the Skaters/Couples of the awarded teams immediately after the ISU World Team Trophy based on the following scale:

1st placed team: US$ 200’000
2nd placed team: US$ 170’000
3rd placed team: US$ 160’000
4th placed team: US$ 150’000
5th placed team: US$ 140’000
6th placed team: US$ 130’000.

ii) Appearance Fees
Competitors from the Qualified Teams for the ISU World Team Trophy having ranked either in the top 3 of the preceding ISU World Figure Skating Championships and/or being ranked in the ISU Seasonal World Ranking (status after the preceding ISU World Figure Skating Championships) in the top 3 positions, will receive the following Appearance Fees:

Ranked 1st: US$ 30’000
Ranked 2nd: US$ 20’000
Ranked 3rd: US$ 10’000

In case Competitors are ranked among the top 3 in both, the preceding ISU World Championships and in the ISU Seasonal World Ranking, then the better ranking among the two options applies. For example, a World Champion who in the ISU Seasonal World Ranking is ranked second, would receive an Appearance Fee of US$ 30’000, hence the two options are not cumulative. Consequently, the maximum Appearance Fees for each Event amounts to US$ 480’000, namely the maximum for four disciplines and the hypothetical case that all ISU World Figure Skating Championships medalists and World Ranking top 3 positions are all different.

The payment of the Appearance Fee is subject to the concerned Competitors completing the two segmentsduring the ISU World Team Trophy. If the concerned Competitors compete only in one segment, then the applicable Appearance Fee shall be reduced by 50%.

Additionally, the ISU member fed may withhold up to 10% of the prize monies awarded; and the prize money is split evenly between all competitors - 1/8th share per person. So the dance & pairs teams get 1/4 share.

Skaters who will be receiving an appearance fee in addition to their team's prize money ($250k total):
Men - Malinin $30k(WS1), Kagiyama $20k (WS2), Siao Him Fa $10k (WS3) = $60k total
Women - Liu $30k (Worlds 1), Sakamoto $30k (WS1), Chiba $10k (Worlds 3) = $70k total
Pairs - Miura/Kihara $30k (Worlds 1), Conti/Macii $20k (WS2) = $50k total
Ice Dance - Chock/Bates $30k (Worlds 1), Gilles/Poirier $20k (Worlds 2), Guignard/Fabbri $20k (WS2) = $70k total

And, if the JSF wishes, they may add up to 4 skaters/couples - one from each discipline - to participate in the Exhibition - $10k for singles & $15k for pairs/dance. Only stipulation being the invited skaters must be the skater/team that achieved the best results in the GPF and Worlds and they cannot be from an ISU Member fed participating in WTT. So, theoretically, Pinzarrone, Shaidorov, Hase/Volodin and Fear/Gibson could be invited. I'm not sure the JSF & ISU would drop down to the 7th place finisher in Women, but I could see them possibly inviting Shaidorov, MiNiki and FearGib as they were on the podium at Worlds.

 

[kwanfan1818]

That is some pile ‘o .

The appearance money alone split multiple ways probably accounts for the annual budget of a bunch of Feds.

 

[Jammers]

Really C/B couldn't have given their spot to C/P how many times have they done WTT? And i don't want to hear that the top skaters have to go plenty of times in the past the number 1 Pairs or Ice dance teams didn't go to WTT.

 

[tony]

Really C/B couldn't have given their spot to C/P how many times have they done WTT? And i don't want to hear that the top skaters have to go plenty of times in the past the number 1 Pairs or Ice dance teams didn't go to WTT.

This will certainly be their last one, and many skaters not named Scott Moir seem to really enjoy it. Not surprised.

 

[Karen-W]

Really C/B couldn't have given their spot to C/P how many times have they done WTT? And i don't want to hear that the top skaters have to go plenty of times in the past the number 1 Pairs or Ice dance teams didn't go to WTT.

LOL - they're on their 5th, as is Jason Brown & Guignard/Fabbri

WTT Participation -
Brown - 5 - 2015, 2017, 2021, 2023 & 2025
Chock/Bates - 2013, 2015, 2017, 2023 & 2025
Guignard/Fabbri - 4 - 2019, 2021, 2023 & 2025

 

[Jammers]

This will certainly be their last one, and many skaters not named Scott Moir seem to really enjoy it. Not surprised.

Didn't Scott say the WWT was corny when he didn't know he could be heard? That was a classic when i watched it on the long gone but missed Icenetwork.

 

[tony]

Didn't Scott say the WWT was corny when he didn't know he could be heard? That was a classic when i watched it on the long gone but missed Icenetwork.

"Oh my God I hate this event", I think.

 

[Jarrett]

Those beads for Chock's dresses are not going to pay for themselves!

 

[CassAgain]

"Oh my God I hate this event", I think.

Then Meagan and Eric were all "We LOVE this event!" in their next kiss and cry.

 

[kwanette]

Pretty sure the top ranked ones have to go.

Why didn't Shoma go in 2023? I forget.

 

[Aceon6]

Really C/B couldn't have given their spot to C/P how many times have they done WTT? And i don't want to hear that the top skaters have to go plenty of times in the past the number 1 Pairs or Ice dance teams didn't go to WTT.

With everything so expensive, I’d be shocked if a first in line person/team chose not to go unless they are injured. And there’s $$$ in Japan for those who can squeeze in a few shows before joining SOI in mid May.

 

[Evgeniafan]

LOL - they're on their 5th, as is Jason Brown & Guignard/Fabbri

WTT Participation -
Brown - 5 - 2015, 2017, 2021, 2023 & 2025
Chock/Bates - 2013, 2015, 2017, 2023 & 2025
Guignard/Fabbri - 4 - 2019, 2021, 2023 & 2025

It's Kevin's 5th time, too. 17, 19, 21, 23, and 2025.

 

[Debbie S]

With everything so expensive, I’d be shocked if a first in line person/team chose not to go unless they are injured. And there’s $$$ in Japan for those who can squeeze in a few shows before joining SOI in mid May.

C/B, Ilia, Amber and Jason are in Japan for SOI (next 2 weekends) so WTT is pretty convenient for them.

 

[Jammers]

"Oh my God I hate this event", I think.

It was hilarious the skating forums exploded when he said that.

 

[Karen-W]

For grins & giggles... Neither Jason nor ChoBat are the first to compete in FIVE WTT -

Gabrielle Daleman did it in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 & 2021; Mae Berenice Meite did it in 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017 & 2019.

Also, this is Kevin Aymoz's 5th as well - 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 & 2025.

Making their 4th appearance this year -
Adam Siao Him Fa, Daniel Grassl, Kaori Sakamoto, Guignard/Fabbri - 2019, 2021, 2023 & 2025

Previous skaters/teams with 4 appearances -
Patrick Chan - 2009, 2012, 2013 & 2017
Ashley Wagner - 2012, 2013, 2015 & 2017
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva - 2013, 2015, 2019 & 2021
James/Cipres - 2013, 2015, 2017 & 2019
Reed/Reed - 2009, 2012, 2013 & 2015
Weaver/Poje - 2013, 2015, 2017 & 2019

 

[CassAgain]

Virtue and Moir passed in 2017? They must really hate the event to turn down all that

 

[kwanfan1818]

I thought it was SOI in Japan, although maybe another show, where Szolkowy said "no" to performing over a weekend that was going to earn Savchenko/Szolkowy tens of thousands of dollars, and she was upset because she needed the cash to train/compete with Massot.

 

[Vagabond]

Didn't Scott say the WWT was corny when he didn't know he could be heard? That was a classic when i watched it on the long gone but missed Icenetwork.

I think you have confused Scott Moir with Nancy Kerrigan.

ETA: The sport needs less corniness and more porniness.

 

[ice coverage]

Virtue and Moir passed in 2017? They must really hate the event to turn down all that

In 2013, neither Davis/White nor Virtue/Moir participated.
I don't remember whether either team ever made any public statement, but I think it is a safe assumption that both teams were very focused on 2014 Olympics and preferred not to prolong the 2012-13 season by competing at WTT.

(IIRC, 2023 was the first year of WTT appearance fees, so top-ranked skaters who opted out in earlier years were giving up "only" prize money.)

 

[Debbie S]

I think you have confused Scott Hamilton with Nancy Kerrigan.

Moir, not Hamilton.

 

[Vagabond]

Moir, not Hamilton.

Moir's much less likely to say "corny" than the other Scott.

 

[CassAgain]

In 2013, neither Davis/White nor Virtue/Moir participated.
I don't remember whether either team ever made any public statement, but I think it is a safe assumption that both teams were very focused on 2014 Olympics and preferred not to prolong the 2012-13 season by competing at WTT.

(IIRC, 2023 was the first year of WTT appearance fees, so top-ranked skaters who opted out in earlier years were giving up "only" prize money.)

That's right--I forgot they both skipped it in 2013.

 

[skatingguy]

Why didn't Shoma go in 2023? I forget.

He had an ankle injury.

 

[Colonel Green]

Virtue and Moir passed in 2017? They must really hate the event to turn down all that

Kaetlyn also didn't go that year.